1720 in music
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See also: 1719 in music, other events of 1720, 1721 in music, list of years in music.
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Events
- Royal Academy of Music opens in London.
- Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon.
Classical music
- Prelude for Lute in C minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Horae Pomeridianae - Jan Josef Ignac Brentner
- Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris - Marin Marais
- Messa di Santa Cecilia - Alessandro Scarlatti
Opera
- Radamisto - George Frideric Handel
- La verità in cimento - Antonio Vivaldi
Births
- January 4 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, composer
- November 16 - Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer
- exact date unknown - Maria Teresa d'Agnesi, singer and composer
- probable - Bernhard Joachim Hagen, composer
Deaths
- July 27 - Johann Samuel Welter, composer
- July - Maria Barbara Bach, first wife of Johann Sebastian Bach



